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Gerard Murphy

Gerard Murphy

Born: 1948-10-14 • Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK

Gerard Murphy was a Northern Irish actor of film, television and theatre fame. His most famous film roles included that of The Nord in Kevin Costner's ambitious Waterworld and the corruot Judge Faden in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins. On television, he was famous for playing Richard Maynarde in the 1988 Doctor Who 25th anniversary serial Silver Nemesis and for the role of the airplane pilot in the classic Father Ted episode Flight Into Danger from 1996. He died of prostate cancer at the age of 64 in August 2013.

Filmography
Lake poster
Lake
2014
Shades of Grey poster
Shades of Grey
2009 • Narrator
Pumpgirl poster
Pumpgirl
2009 • Shawshank
Batman Begins poster
Batman Begins
2005 • Judge Faden
This Is the Sea poster
This Is the Sea
1997 • (voice)
No Image
Tattoo
1995 • Unnamed
Waterworld poster
Waterworld
1995 • Nord
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis poster
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988 • Richard
The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis poster
The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King poster
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986 • Messenger
Sacred Hearts poster
Sacred Hearts
1985 • Father Larkin
Shaping Up poster
Shaping Up
1980 • Colum
Facing The Sun poster
Facing The Sun
1980 • Gilberto
The Best of Friends poster
The Best of Friends
1980 • George
Catchpenny Twist poster
Catchpenny Twist
1977 • Roy Fletcher